Machine for applying pressure to soles and shoes



Nam 8, W38 5. .J. FINN 9 MACHINE FOR APPLYING PRESSURE To SOLES ANDSHOES Filed Jan. 6, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet l 1161 i P 64 A/VEA/TUR 83 2 22r- 92 @JM wig? '76 g I S. .J. FINN MACHINE FOR APPLYING PRESSURE TOSOLES AND SHOES 2 Sheets-Sheet Filed Jan. 6, 1938 -%Vu Zaiif 6 AME/WAPatented Nov. 8, 1938 PATENT OFFICE MACHINE FOR APPLYING PRESSURE TOSOLES AND SHOES Sidney J. Finn, Beverly, Mass, assignor to United ShoeMachinery Corporation, Paterson, N. J., a corporation of New JerseyApplication January 6, 1938, Serial No. 183,674

17 Claims.

This invention relates to machines for applying pressure to soles andshoes and is illustrated herein as embodied in a machine for cementattaching soles to shoe bottoms.

5 In many cement'sole attaching machines in use today the pressingdevices or pad boxes in which the soles and shoes are placed to receivesole attaching or sole laying pressure are provided with sole and shoepositioning mechanisms operative to position these members relativelytoeach other on a pressure applying or pressure sustaining pad in the padbox. These pads are usually fluid filled flexible chambers of rubber orsimilar material adapted either to be distorted by inflation to applypressure, or to be distorted by having the sole and shoe pressedforcibly against their shoe receiving walls. In either case,- the soleand shoe and the flexible wall of the pad are moved relatively to eachother during the pres- 20 sure applying operation.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that when positioning mechanismssuch as gages adapted to engage the opposite sides of a sole or shoe areutilized, there is a grave danger of damaging the shoe upper if. thesegages remain in contact with the sole or shoe while the shoe and pad aremoved relatively to each other during the pressure applying operation.On the other hand, it is essential that the positioning gages 30 remainin operative engagement with the sole and shoe until at least suificientpressure has been applied to prevent relative displacement of thesemembers before the sole has become attached to the shoe bottom.

An object of the present invention is to provide improved means in amachine of the type referred to for withdrawing shoe positioningmechanism from engagement with the shoe during the pressure applyingoperation.

To the accomplishment of this object the invention provides, incombination with sole positioning gage mechanism and separate shoepositioning gage mechanism, improved means for withdrawing the shoe gagemechanism only from operative position during the pressure applyingoperation. As herein illustrated, the gage withdrawing mechanism isconstructed and arranged to be operated automatically after apredetermined pressure has been applied to the sole and shoe, thispressure being suflicient to insure that the sole and shoe will notbecome displaced relatively to each other after the gages have beenwithdrawn or during the remainder of the pressure applying operation.

In the illustrated construction the sole gage mechanism comprises atongue for centralizing the sole widthwise of the pad and having a pinfor engaging a hole on the longitudinal median line of the sole. Theshoe gage mechanism com prises a pair of. gage fingers interconnectedfor equal and opposite movement and actuated by the engagement of aprojection thereon in a cam slot formed in a gage operating slidemovable transversely of the pad relatively to the gages. The shoe gagewithdrawing mechanism, as herein illustrated, is actuated by theoperation of the pressure applying mechanism of the machine and theconstruction is such that the gage withdrawing mechanism maintains thegages withdrawn from engagement with the shoe until after the pressureon the sole and shoe is relieved.

With the above and other objects and features in view the invention willnow be described with reference to the accompanying drawings and willthereafter be pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of. a portion of the machine embodying thepresent invention including a pad box and mechanism for applyingpressure to a sole and shoe mounted therein, the view being takenlooking toward the heel end of the pad box;

Fig. 2 is a plan view ,of the gage withdrawing mechanism of the machine;

Fig. 3 is an elevational view, similar to Fig. 1 but on an enlargedscale, showing the pressure applying mechanism in an operated position;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the heel portion of the pad box and the soleand shoe positioning mechanism carried thereby; and

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of a part of the gage withdrawingmechanism.

The invention is illustrated herein as embodied in a cement soleattaching machine of the type *disclosed in Letters Patent of the UnitedStates No. 2,047,185, granted July 14, 1936, on an application filed inthe names of. Milton I-I. Ballard et a1. As disclosed in the patentreferred to, the machine is provided with a rotary turret l (Fig. 1)having a plurality of radially projecting shelves or brackets l2 uponwhich are mounted pad boxes l4 provided with sole and shoe receivingpads (Fig. 4) against which a sole and shoe may be pressed to cause thesole to become attached to the shoe bottom. Each pad box I4 is providedwith sole and shoe positioning mechanism at its forepart and rearportions for locating the sole and shoe relatively to each other on thepad. Since the present invention is concerned only with the positioningmechanism at the rear or heel end of the pad box, the forepart of thebox and the positioning mechanism thereon have not been disclosed. Whilethe invention is illustrated herein with reference to a machine and apad box of the types referred to, it is to be understood that in itsbroader aspects the invention is not limited in its use to suchconstructions but may be applied to other types ofv pad boxes and cementsole attaching machines. The mechanism for positioning the heel portionof a sole on the pad i5 is similar in construc- 1 tion and operation tothat disclosed in the Ballard patent referred to and comprises aforwardly extending gage or tongue iii (Fig. 4) pivotally mounted on theforward end of a short horizontal slide l8 and carrying at its forwardend a short pin 2!! which projects downwardly from the under side of thetongue and is adapted to engage a hole formed in the heel portion of asole, this hole being usually located on the longitudinal median line ofthe sole. The tongue 16 is pivoted on the 'slide- I8 by a pin 22 and isarranged to'swing heightwise of the pad within predetermined limits topermit the sole to be placed'in position to be engaged by the pin 20. Atoggle spring 24. extending between the slide and the tongue acts tomaintain the latter in either its operative position against the pad orits inoperative position raised from the pad.

The horizontal slide 18 is mounted in a T-slot 26 (Fig. 1) extendinglengthwise of the pad in a casting 28 secured to gage supportingmechanism 29 of substantially the same construction as that disclosed inUnited States Letters Patent No. 2,005,755, grantedJune 25, 1935, on anapplication filed in the name of Francis J. Better. As disclosed in theBetter patent, the sole and shoe .positioning mechanism at the heel endof the pad box is carried by a vertical slide 30 mounted in guidewaysformed in the right-hand end of the pad box, this slide having arearwardly extending horizontal bracket 32 at its upper end forsupporting the heel end positioning mechanism. Since the constructionand operation of this supporting mechanism, including means foradjusting the positioning mechanism as a unit longitudinally of the padbox, and also means whereby the entire assembly may be adjustedangularly about a horizontal pivot to position the gage mechanismrelatively to the top surface of the pad, is fully disclosed in theBetter patent, no further description of this mechanism will be givenherein and referencemay be had to the patent mentioned for a morecomplete disclosure thereof.

The slide l8 and heel gage or tongue l6 are normally held in a'forwardposition in the slot 26 by a spring 34 (Fig, 4) engaging a pin 36 on theslide and mounted on a pin 38 projecting down-' wardly from an uppercasting 4!! which, together with the casting 28, is fastened to the gagesup porting mechanism 29 by screws 42. Whenthe operator positions theheel portion of a sole A on the pad, he moves the tongue H5 rearwardlyof the pad box against the spring 34 and inserts the pin 28 in the holein the heel end of the sole, the forepart of the sole, as is customaryin this type of pad box, being thereafter positioned by the forepartsole and" shoe positioning mechanism. After positioning the forepart ofthe sole the operator releases the gage l6 and the spring 34 acts tohold the gage forwardly under light tension and thereby prevents thesole from moving rearwardly out of contact with the forepart gages. Ifdesirable, the tension of the spring 34 may be sufficient to cause theshank portion of the sole to buckle slightly away from the pad so thatwhen a shoe B on a last L is placed on the pad, the shank portion of thesole will always engage the shank portion of the shoe before pressure isapplied, even though the initial conformation of the pad may not be suchas to insure this result in all cases. Since the castings 28 and 48 arefastened by the screws 42 to the gage supporting mechanism 29, the slide[8 and gage l6 are fixed" against movement widthwise of the pad,theposition of these members being such that the pin 29 will centralizethe heel portion of the sole widthwise of the pad.

lhe casting 28 is provided on its lower side with a transverse slot 44(Fig. 4) in which is mounted a slide memberfi. Pivoted on the slidemember 46 on pins 48 are a pair of shoe engaging fingers or gages 5,0which are interconnected for equal movement in opposite directions byintermeshing gear segments 52, this construction being substantially thesame as the arrangement of the shoe engaging fingers of the Betterpatent referred to. Mounted for transverse sliding movement in aslot 54in the upper casting 431s another slide 56 provided with an inclined camslot 58 into which projects a roll 68 mounted on a laterally extendingportion of one of the gage fingers 50. Transverse sliding movement ofthe slide 56 toward or away from the operator will cause the roll 60 tobe moved forwardly or rear.- wardly of the pad by its engagement withthe cam slot 58 and thereby move'the interconnected fingers 50 toward oraway from the shoe B on the pad. The shoe gages or fingers 50 may beadjusted transversely of the pad, relatively to the sole gage 16 by, aneccentric adjustment 52 mounted on-the casting 28 and operating on thetransverse slide 4B,'this adjusting mechanism being arranged to bemaintained by friction in any position into which it may be moved, asfully disclosed in the Better patent.

A cement sole attaching machine of the type embodying the presentinvention is provided with pressure applying members or abutments forengaging the forepart of the shoe and the top of the heel portion of thelast in the shoe and pressing the shoe and sole forcibly against thepadto apply the sole attaching or sole laying pressure. As illustrated inthe Ballard et al. patent referred to, these abutments consist of a lastengaging abutment 64 (Fig. 3) and a shoe engaging abutment (not shown)adjustably mounted in vertically movable brackets carried by a swingingframe member66. The bracket for supporting the heel engaging abutment 64comprises an upwardly and forwardly curved arm 58 pinned to a verticallymovable shaft Til which is normally supported in its'uppermost positionin the machine by a spring 12. .The shaft it, bracket 68 and abutment 64are moved downwardly relatively to the swinging frame 66 by a pressureapplying lever 74 engaging the forward end of the bracket 68' andpivoted on a shaftl'fi in the swinging frame. The lever 14 (and acorresponding lever which operates the forepart shoe engaging abutment)have rearwardly extending'arms '58 which are engagedby the opposite endsof a pivoted lever 80 extending between the pressure applying levers andpivoted in a manner to cause the pressure of these levers against theabutclosed in the Ballard et al. patent, the pressure applying mechanismof the machine comprises 'ments to be substantially equalized. Asdisfluid pressure operated means which acts upon 75 the pivoted leverwhen the operator treadles the machine, the part of this mechanismassociated with the portion of the machine illustrated in Fig. 1 beingindicated generally in that figure by the numeral 82. Since this fluidpressure applying mechanism is relatively complicated and is fullydisclosed in the Ballard et al. patent, no further description thereofwill be given herein.

The swinging frame member 66 is arranged to be swung by a handle 83(Fig. 1) from a rearwardly inclined position, in which the pressureapplying abutments are removed from over the pad, into a substantiallyvertical position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3,- in which the forepartabutment referred to and the last engaging abutment 64 are located overthe shoe and in position to be moved downwardly by the pressure applyinglevers 18 to apply pressure to the sole and shoe. This forward swingingmovement of the swinging frame 56 is utilized to move the heel end shoepositioning mechanism into operative engagement with the shoe. This isaccomplished by connecting the transverse slide 56 to a pivoted lever 84(Fig. 3) by a rod 86 having universal connections 88 and 99 with theslide 56 and the lever 84, respectively, the lever 84 being pivoted forfree swinging movement on the shaft I6 in the swinging frame 66. Inorder that the pivoted lever 84 will move the slide 56 forwardly towardthe operator to operate the shoe gages 59 during the forward swingingmovement of the swinging frame, the pivoted lever is provided with arearwardly extending projection 92 having a notch 94 therein which isarranged to be engaged by a detent 96 on a rearwardly extending arm of alever 98 pivoted at I on the swinging frame 66 and normally urgedupwardly toward the notch 94 by a spring I02 connected to the lever 99and to the swinging frame. The construction is such that when theswinging frame is in its rearwardly inclined, inoperative position thedetent 95 engages the notch 94. This causes the lever 84 to move theslide 56 outwardly toward the operator as the swinging frame 66 movesforwardly thus moving the gage fingers 5D inwardly toward each otheruntil they engage the opposite sides of the heel portion of the shoe.Upon engagement of the gage fingers with the shoe, the lever 84 becomesdisengaged from the detent 99 and, because of the contact of the gages59 with the shoe, remains in a stationary position during the remainderof the forward swinging movement of the swinging frame. In this way thegages are brought inwardly against the shoe and are maintained inengagement therewith during the application of some pressure thereto.The angle of the slot 58 in the slide 56 is such that the gages arelocked against movement away from the shoe after they have con tactedtherewith. As disclosed in the Better patent refer ed to, a tensionspring I04, connected at one end to the transverse slide 56 and at itsother end to the casting 40, causes the to the sole and shoe,- forexample, a pressure of twenty or thirty pounds which is suificient toprevent these members from becoming displaced relatively' to each otherbefore the full pressure has been applied, to withdraw the gage fingers59 from engagement with the opposite sides of the shoe so that, as theshoe is sunk further into the pad. by the pressure applying mechanism,there will be no danger of scarring or otherwise injuring the shoe upperthrough the engagement therewith of the shoe positioning gages orfingers during this downward movement. Accordingly, in order to effectwithdrawal of the gage fingers 56 automatically after a predeterminedpressure has been applied to the sole and shoe, the following mechanismhas beenprovided.

The last engaging abutment 64 has a shank or stem I96 (Fig. 3) which issupported for sliding movement heightwise of the pad in a carrier member98 mounted for adjustment lengthwise of the pad in a T-slot H9 formed inthe forward end of the bracket 68. At opposite sides of the stem I96 themember I98 carries in appropriate openings a pair of compression springsH2 (Figs. 1 and 2), the lower ends of which bearagainst the abutment 64and press it downwardly with a pressure determined by the size of thesprings. Although this pressure can be varied it is preferably abouttwenty pounds to the square inch. The abutment 64 is retained inposition in the carrier member by a pin H4 which enters a vertical slot(Fig. 3) in the stem I99 and thus prevents the abutment from droppingout of the carrier member or from turning therein. By this arrangementthe abutment may yield a limited amount relatively to the carrier memberand bracket 68 during the first part of the pressure applying action oruntil the upper surface of the abutment contacts with the carrier memberat which time, as indicated above, the pressure on the shoe willpreferably be about twenty pounds to the square inch over its bottomarea.

The abutment 64 has a portion extending inwardly from the operator, asbest shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and this inner portion is engaged by avertical pin H6 slidably mounted in the bracket 68. The bracket E58 hasa laterally and upwardly extending portion I I8 formed thereon whichsupports the handle 83. The upper end of the sliding pin H6 engages theouter end of a substantially horizontal lever I20 pivoted at I22 on thebracket 68 and held against the pin by a spring I23 (Fig. 2). The leverI29 (Fig. 3) has an inwardly extending arm pivotally connected by a pinI24 to an upwardly extending link I26, the upper end of which isprovided with a slot H8.

The portion H8 of the bracket 68 has an upwardly projecting cylindricalportion I30 in which is mounted for vertical sliding movement a shaftI32 provided on its outer side with ratchet teeth I34. The lower end ofthe shaft I32 carries a pin 36 which is engaged in slots I38 formed in apair of ears on an outwardly extending arm I48 integral with the pivotedlever 84.

Adjacent to the vertical shaft I32 and pivoted on a pin I42 is a pawlI44. The pawl has an arm carrying a pin I 46 which rides in the slot 28in the vertical link I26. The pawl is normally urged in acounterclockwise direction, as viewed in Figs. 1 and 3, to move it intoengagement with the ratchet teeth E34 by a spring I 48 connected to thepawl and to the portion 552 of the bracket 68.

When the mechanism is in the position shown in Fig. 1, the pin I49 ofthe pawl bears against the lower end of the slot I 28 and the pawl isthus held out of engagement with the ratchet teeth on the Wise in theportion I30 of the bracket 68. After the sole and shoe have beenrelatively positioned on the pad and the treadle of the machine has beenoperated to cause the pressure to be applied to the shoe, the two leversI8 move the brackets 68 carrying the shoe and the last engagingabutments downwardly against the springs I2, as explained above. Thelast engaging abutment 64 yields upon engagement with the last againstthe springs I I2 until the upper surface of the abutment contacts withthe carrying member I08. This action moves the pin I I6 upwardly tocause the lever I to swing in a clockwise direction, as viewed in Fig.3, about its pivot I22 to lower the vertical link I26 and thereby freethe pin I46 in the pawl I44 so that the spring I48 can swing the latterinto locking engagement with the ratchet teeth on the shaft I32.

It will be seen from the above that during the first part of thedownward movement of the castings 68 and the last and shoe engagingabutments, the shaft I32 does not move downwardly owing to itsconnection with the arm I40 of the pivoted lever 84 which, it will berecalled, is held stationary due to the contact of the shoe gages orfingers 50 with the opposite sides of the shoe. The. abutments willapply a predetermined pressure to the sole and shoe during this downwardmovement depending upon the strength or resistance of the springs II2acting on the last engaging abutment 64. After the pawl I44 has beenmoved into engagement with the ratchet teeth on the shaft I32, thelatter becomes locked to the downwardly moving bracket 68 and theportion I30 thereof and consequently moves downwardly with it as a unitduring the remainder of the pressure applying operation. Downwardmovement of the shaft I32 swings the arm I 46 and the pivoted lever 84in a counterclockwise direction, as viewed in Fig. 3, to move the rod 86and the transverse slide 56 inwardly away from the operator and therebyto cause the gage fingers 50 to move out of the operative position shownin broken lines in Fig. 4 into the open position shown in full lines inthat figure. Consequently, the gage fingers 50 are withdrawn fromoperative or shoe engaging position to a retracted or inoperativeposition and are maintained in such retracted position during theremainder of the pressure applying operation.

After the pressure applying operation has been completed the abutment 64and its supporting bracket 68 are permitted by the pressure applyinglever I8 to be moved upwardly by the spring I2 away from the last andshoe. This permits the abutment 64 to return to its initial lowerposition relatively to the member I08 which, through the mechanismalready described, causes the pawl I44 to be withdrawn from engagementwith the shaft I32, thereby permitting the latter to be moved upwardlyby contraction of the spring I04 on the transverse slide 56 so that theshoe gages 50 move inwardly again into engagement with the shoe.

After pressure has been relieved on the sole and shoe, the swingingframe 66 returns automatically to its rearwardly inclined, inoperativeposition. This swinging action of the frame member 66 moves the pivotedlever 84 about its pivot into a position that permits the detent 96 tobecome engaged again in the notch 94 and thereby connect the pivotedlever with the transverse slide 56 and the shoe gages operated thereby.Consequently, the remainder of the rearshaft I32 so that the latter isfree to slide height ward swinging movement of the swinging frame causesthe shoe gage fingers 50 to be retracted positively by the gageoperating mechanism into their open or inoperative position. The shoe Bwith its sole A cement attached thereto throughout the forepart andshank portions of the shoe bottom may now be lifted from the pad and thepin 20 on the gage I6 disengaged from the hole in the heel end of thesole. A fresh sole may then be mounted on the pad and positioned asdescribed above prior to its attachment to a shoe.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A machine for applying pressure to soles and shoes having, incombination, a pad for receiving a sole and shoe, gage mechanism forpositioning the sole on the pad, separate gage mechanism for positioningthe shoe relatively to the sole, and means for withdrawing the shoe gagemechanism only from operative position during thepressure applyingoperation;

2. A machine for applying pressure tosoles and shoes having, incombination, a pad for receiving a sole and shoe, gagemechanism forpositioning the sole on the pad, separate gage mech-- anism forpositioning the shoe relatively to the sole, and means for automaticallywithdrawing the shoe gage mechanism only from operative engagement withthe shoe after a predetermined pressure has been applied to the sole andshoe.

3. A machine for applying pressure to soles and shoes having, incombination, a pad for receiving a sole and shoe, gage mechanism forpositioning the sole on the pad, separate gage mechanism for positioningthe shoe relatively to the sole, means for applying pressure to the soleand shoe, and means actuated by the operation of said pressure applyingmeans for withdrawing the shoe gage mechanism only from engagement withthe shoe.

4. A machine for applying pressure to soles and shoes having, incombination, a pad for receiving a sole and shoe, gage mechanism forpositioning the heel portion of the sole on the pad, separate gagemechanism for positioning the heel portion of the shoe relatively to thesole, and means for withdrawing the shoe heel gage mechanism only fromoperative position during the pressure applying operation.

5. A machine for applying pressure to soles and shoes having, incombination, a pad for receiving a sole and shoe, gage mechanism forpositioning the heel portion of the sole on the pad, separate gagemechanism for engaging the opposite sides of the heel portion of theshoe and positioning the shoe relatively to the sole, and means forautomatically moving the shoe gage mechanism only out of engagement withthe opposite sides of the shoe'before the full pressure has been appliedto the sole and shoe.

6. A machine for applying pressure to soles and shoes having, incombination, a pad for receiving a sole and shoe, gage mechanism forpositioning the heel portion of the sole on the pad, separate gagemechanism for positioning the heel portion of the shoe relatively to thesole,

and means actuated by the application of pres-,

sure to the sole and shoe for withdrawing the] and shoes having, incombination, a pad for re-.

ceiving a sole and shoe, gage mechanism for positioning the heel portionof the sole'on the pad, separate gage mechanism for positioning the heelportion of the shoe relatively to the sole, and means for automaticallywithdrawing the shoe heel gage mechanism only from operative positionafter a predetermined pressure has been applied to the sole and shoe.

8.;A machine for applying pressure to soles and shoes having, incombination, a pad for receiving a sole and shoe, gage mechanism forpositioning a sole on the pad, separate gage mechanism for positioning ashoe on the sole, and means for withdrawing only the shoe gage mechanismfrom operative position while pressure is being applied to the sole andshoe, said means being arranged to maintain said gage mechanism in itswithdrawn position until after pressure on the sole and shoe isrelieved.

9. A machine for applying pressure to soles and shoes having incombination, a pad for receiving a sole and shoe, a single gage forpositioning the heel portion of the sole on the pad, a pair of gages forpositioning the heel portion of the shoe relatively to the sole, meansfor applying pressure to the sole and shoe, and means actuated byoperation of said pressure applying means for automatically withdrawingsaid pair of shoe gages from engagement with the shoe.

10. A machine for applying pressure to soles and shoes having, incombination, a pad for receiving a sole and shoe, a gage for positioningthe heel portion of the sole on the pad, a pair of gages for positioningthe heel portion of the shoe relatively to the sole, means for actuatingsaid shoe gages to move them yieldingly into operative engagement withthe shoe, and separate means for causing the shoe gage operating meansto withdraw said shoe gages positively from engagement with the shoeduring the application of pressure thereto.

11. A machine for applying pressure to soles and shoes having, incombination, a pad for receiving a sole and shoe, gage mechanism forpositioning the heel portion of the sole on the pad, separate gagemechanism for positioning the heel portion of the shoe on the sole,means for actuating the shoe gage mechanism to position the shoe on thesole, means for applying pressure to the sole and shoe, and meansactuated by operation of said pressure applying means for automaticallywithdrawing the shoe gage mechanism from engagement with the shoe aftera predetermined pressure has. been applied to the sole and shoe.

12. A machine for applying pressure to soles and shoes having, incombination, a pad for receiving a sole and shoe, gage mechanism forpositioning the heel portion of the sole on the pad, a pair of gages forpositioning the heel portion of the shoe relatively to the sole, meansfor actuating said shoe gages, said means including a swinging membermovable laterally of the pad into and out of operative position andconnections between said swinging member and said shoe gages foractuating said gages as said member moves into operative position, andmeans operated by the application of pressure to the sole and shoe forcausing said connections to withdraw the shoe gages from the shoe whilesaid swinging member is still in its operative position.

13. A machine for applying pressure to soles and shoes having, incombination, a pad for receiving a sole and shoe, a gage for positioningthe heel portion of the sole on the pad, a pair of gages for positioningthe heel portion of the shoe on the sole, means for applying pressure tothe sole and shoe including a swinging member movable transversely ofthe pad from a rearwardly inclined inoperative position into asubstantially vertical operative position, said swinging member carryingabutments for engaging and applying pressure to the last and shoe, meanscarried by said swinging member for actuating the shoe gages, and meansalso carried by said swinging member and actuated by the pressing ofsaid abutments against the last and shoe for moving said shoe gageactuating means toward its inoperative position while the swingingmember is still in its vertical position, thereby positively withdrawingsaid shoe gagesaway from engagement with the shoe during the applicationof pressure thereto and holding said gages in their withdrawn positionduring the remainder of the pressure applying operation.

14. A machine for applying pressure to soles and shoes having, incombination, a pad for receiving a sole and shoe, gages for positioningthe sole on the pad, gages for positioning the shoe relatively to thesole, an abutment for applying pressure to the sole and shoe, saidabutment being arranged for limited yielding movement during itspressure applying action, and means actuated by the yielding movement ofsaid abutment for moving the shoe gages only away from engagement withthe shoe.

15. A machine for applying pressure to soles and shoes having, incombination, a pad for receiving a sole and shoe, a gage for positioningthe sole on the pad, gages for positioning the shoe relatively to thesole, an abutment for applying pressure to press the sole and shoeagainst the pad, said abutment being arranged for limited yieldingmovement heightwise of the pad during the pressure applying operation,and means actuated by said limited yielding movement of the abutment forwithdrawing the shoe gages only from operative. position before the fullpressure has been applied to the sole and shoe, said means acting alsoto hold said shoe gages in their withdrawn position until after-pressureon the sole and shoe is relieved.

16. A machine for applying pressure to solesand shoes having, incombination, a pad for receiving a sole and shoe, a gage for positioningthe heel portion of the sole on the pad, a separate pair of gages forengaging the opposite sides of the heel portion of the shoe andpositioning said portion relatively to the sole, an abutment forpressing the sole and shoe against the pad, means for supporting saidabutment for yielding movement heightwise of the pad during its pressingaction and after it has applied a predetermined pressure to the sole andshoe, and means actuated by the yielding movement of said abutment forautomatically retracting the shoe gages only from their engagement withthe shoe before the full pressure has been applied thereto.

1'7. A machine for applying pressure to soles and shoes having, incombination, a pad for receiving a sole and shoe, a pin for engaging ahole in the heel portion of the sole and centralizing said portionwidthwise of the pad, a pair of equally and oppositely movable gages forpositioning the heel portion of the shoe relatively to the sole, amember arranged for swinging movement widthwise of the pad, an abutmentcarried by the swinging member for applying pressure to the sole andshoe, said abutment being arranged for limited yielding movementheightwise of the pad during its pressure applying action, a; lever'pivoted on said swinging member, connections between said pivoted leverand the shoe gagesfor operating said gages when the swinging member isswung into operative position, and means between said lever and saidabutment and actuated by the yielding action of said abutment during itspressure applying action for operating said pivote iever-"to withdrawthe shoe ga'ges' from engagement with the shoe aftera predeterminedpressurehas been applied thereto, said means comprising a slidable shaftconnected to said pivoted lever and held against sliding movement *5

